{"id":191672,"date":"2026-05-13T23:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191672\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:10:53","slug":"erie-animal-network-installs-public-pet-microchip-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191672\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Animal Network installs public pet microchip scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A local nonprofit is launching some new technology to help the community identify lost pets, and it\u2019s free to use 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie Animal Network installed a public pet microchip scanner station behind their building on West 26th Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/second-harvest-packs-trucks-with-donations-for-stamp-out-hunger-food-drive\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Second Harvest packs trucks with donations for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Second Harvest packs trucks with donations for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive&quot;}\"> Second Harvest packs trucks with donations for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you find a lost pet, you can take the animal straight to the scanner station at any hour of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All you have to do is follow the directions on the board and you can receive an owner\u2019s contact information if the pet is indeed lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local nonprofit is launching some new technology to help the community identify lost pets, and it\u2019s free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,85304,138,137,85357,36868],"class_list":["post-191672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-animal-network","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-pet-microchip","tag-west-26th-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}